True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true
or false.
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More
and more Americans now earn a living by providing services.
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2.
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Thomas Hobbes believed that people would be better off without
government.
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3.
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Most
public policy decisions involve some financial planning.
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4.
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State
governments can take actions that go against the laws of the national government.
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5.
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The
government of the United States is a dictatorship.
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6.
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In a
democracy, individuals are free to develop their own capacities and talents.
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7.
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The
American government imprisoned Japanese Americans in relocation camps during World War
II.
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8.
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It is
against the law for an employer to hire illegal aliens.
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9.
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We
show our patriotism by following our nation’s laws and participating in civic
life.
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10.
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In
the United States, people are living longer and having fewer children.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Public
policy is a course of government action to achieve a. | consumer
protection. | c. | community
goals. | b. | national security. | d. | foreign relations. | | | | |
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12.
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What is the
term for the process by which aliens can become citizens? a. | immigration | c. | dual
citizenship | b. | naturalization | d. | probation | | | | |
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13.
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What is the
level of government closest to Americans? a. | national government | c. | local government | b. | state
government | d. | student
government | | | | |
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14.
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Unlike
citizens, aliens may not a. | hold jobs. | c. | own property. | b. | attend public
schools. | d. | vote in
elections. | | | | |
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A ____ is
the ruling authority for a community. a. | government | c. | public policy | b. | majority
rule | d. | democracy | | | | |
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A budget is
a plan for a. | helping needy
people. | c. | paying
politicians. | b. | protecting citizens. | d. | collecting and spending money. | | | | |
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If
discovered by the government, ____ will be deported. a. | criminals | c. | illegal
aliens | b. | monarchists | d. | immigrants | | | | |
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18.
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Government
by the consent of the governed is called a. | public policy. | c. | popular sovereignty. | b. | democracy. | d. | self-perpetuating
autocracy. | | | | |
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____ is the
use of violence by groups against civilians to achieve a political goal. a. | Police
action | c. | Deportation | b. | Terrorism | d. | Patriotism | | | | |
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20.
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 What proportion of the people in ancient Athens were
voters?a. | 1 out of
20 | c. | one-third | b. | half | d. | all of them | | | | |
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 Which of the following is NOT one of the fundamental
principles of American democracy?a. | individual rights | c. | consent of the governed | b. | rule of
law | d. | two-party
system | | | | |
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 What is meant by the fundamental principle
“limited government”?a. | Government may only do what the people have given it the power
to do. | b. | The number of people who work in the government is limited by
law. | c. | Presidents may
serve no more than two terms. | d. | The power of the federal government is limited by the power of
state governments. | | |
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23.
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 Approximately how many immigrants came to the United
States from Europe?a. | 400,000 | c. | 4,000,000 | b. | 40,000 | d. | 4,000 | | | | |
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24.
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 Which of the following sentences best expresses the
meaning of the Native American figure’s remark, “I’ll help you
pack.”a. | I agree with
you--illegal aliens must go! | b. | We all must work together to reclaim
America. | c. | From my point of view, you are an illegal alien yourself--so
will you be leaving, too? | d. | America is a nation of immigrants. | | |
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25.
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 What proportion of the total number of immigrants to the U.S. in 2002 came from
Europe?a. | about
one-third | c. | 38
percent | b. | about one-sixth | d. | more than half of all immigrants | | | | |
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President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address expressed the rationale for the
North’s cause in the Civil War--the preservation of the United States. Here is how Lincoln ended
this great and historic speech:
But, in a larger sense, we cannot
dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and
dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world
will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It
is for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here
have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining
before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they
gave the last full measure of devotion; that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have
died in vain; that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government of
the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. | |
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26.
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 Which famous phrase from the last sentence of the
Gettysburg Address refers to the purpose of the American government?a. | of the
people | c. | for the
people | b. | by the people | d. | all of the above | | | | |
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President Harry S Truman vetoed an immigration bill in 1952. In his veto message, he
compared it to the National Origins Act of 1924.
The greatest
vice of the present quota system . . . is that it discriminates, deliberately and
intentionally, against many of the peoples of the world. The purpose behind it was to cut down and
virtually eliminate immigration to this country from southern and eastern Europe. A theory was
invented to rationalize this objective. The theory was that in order to be readily assimilable,
European immigrants should be admitted in proportion to the numbers of persons of their respective
national stocks already here...
The idea behind this
discriminatory policy was, to put it baldly, that Americans with English or Irish names were better
people and better citizens than Americans with Italian or Greek or Polish names. It was thought that
people of west European origin made better citizens than Rumanians or Yugoslavs or Ukrainians or
Hungarians or Balts or Austrians. Such a concept is utterly unworthy of our traditions and our
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 “Readily assimilable” most nearly means
____a. | illegally
entering the United States. | b. | ready to be deported. | c. | subject to
quotas. | d. | able to become part of American society
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As a
child, Phillis Wheatley was kidnapped in Africa and brought to Boston. Years later, she became one of
America’s first important poets. This is an excerpt from one of her
poems:
I, young in life,
by seeming cruel fate
Was snatch'd from Afric's fancy'd
happy seat:
What pangs
excruciating must molest,
What sorrows labour in my parent's
breast?
Steel'd was the
soul and by no misery mov'd
That from a father seiz'd his babe
belov'd
Such, such my
case. And can I then but pray
Others may never feel tyrannic
sway? | |
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 What experience does Wheatley describe in her
poem?a. | enduring slavery
in America | b. | being separated from her child | c. | praying for
freedom | d. | being kidnapped and taken from Africa | | |
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The
Harlem Renaissance, an explosion of creativity, was one effect of the migration of African-Americans
from the South to the North. Writer Langston Hughes was part of the
Renaissance.
All of us know that the gay and sparkling life of the so-called Negro Renaissance of
the 20's was not so gay and sparkling beneath the surface as it looked. . .
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It was a period
when every season there was at least one hit play on Broadway acted by a Negro cast. And when books
by Negro authors were being published with much greater frequency and much more publicity than ever
before or since in history. It was a period when white writers wrote about Negroes more successfully
(commercially speaking) than Negroes did about themselves. It was the period (God help us!) when
Ethel Barrymore appeared in blackface in Scarlet Sister Mary! It was the period when the Negro
was in vogue. | |
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 What point is Hughes making when he brings up the
facts that white writers made money writing about blacks and that white actors appeared in
“blackface”?a. | Everyone participated in the rebirth of black
culture. | b. | Black themes were popular with white
audiences. | c. | White artists gave valuable support to black
artists. | d. | Whites exploited black creativity even during the
African-American “vogue.” | | |
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In
the early 1960s, grape growers in Delano, California, got around striking agricultural workers by
importing Mexican labor to harvest their grapes. In 1965 Cesar Chavez and his United Farm Workers
(UFW) launched a successful national boycott of California table grapes that lasted for five years.
In 1970 Chavez was able to negotiate the first table grape labor contract. The following is from a
proclamation issued by the grape workers for International Boycott Day, May 10,
1969.
We have been farm workers for hundreds of years and pioneers
for seven....Our ancestors were among those who founded this land and tamed its natural wilderness.
But we are still pilgrims on this land, and we are pioneers who blaze a trail out of the wilderness
of hunger and deprivation that we have suffered even as our ancestors did. We are conscious today of
the significance of our present quest. If this road we chart leads to the rights and reforms we
demand, if it leads to just wages, humane working conditions, protection from the misuse of
pesticides, and to the fundamental right of collective bargaining, if it changes the social order
that relegates us to the bottom reaches of society, then in our wake will follow thousands of
American farm workers. | |
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30.
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 According to the proclamation, which of the farm
workers’ goals do they consider a “fundamental right”?a. | protection from
pesticides | c. | humane working
conditions | b. | collective bargaining | d. | changing the social order | | | | |
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Matching
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Match
each item with the correct statement below. a. | illegal aliens | f. | terrorism | b. | budget | g. | citizens | c. | government | h. | E pluribus unum | d. | free
elections | i. | immigrants | e. | deportation | j. | popular sovereignty | | | | |
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31.
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community
members protected by the government
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32.
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the ruling
authority for a community
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33.
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the
government’s plan for collecting and spending money
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34.
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people who
move permanently to a new country
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35.
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people
living in a country without permission
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36.
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term for
sending aliens back to their own country
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37.
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Latin for
“Out of many, one”
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38.
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government
by consent of the governed
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39.
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use of
violence to achieve political goals
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40.
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allows
people to choose leaders and express opinions on issues
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Match
each item with the correct statement below. a. | naturalization | f. | Immigration Act of 1990 | b. | patriotism | g. | migration | c. | civics | h. | aliens | d. | dictatorship | i. | public policy | e. | local
government | j. | Declaration of
Intention signing | | | | |
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41.
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the study of
the rights and duties of citizens
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42.
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a course of
government action to achieve community goals
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43.
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a government
controlled by one person
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44.
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legal
process by which aliens become citizens
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45.
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benefits
people with skills, talents, or the money to invest in the U.S. economy
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46.
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the first
step to gaining American citizenship
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47.
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mass
movement
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48.
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love for
one’s country
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49.
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level of
government closest to Americans
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50.
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may not vote
in elections or run for political office
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